Ex-US Vice President Dick Cheney Dead at 84

According to US media, which quoted a family statement, former US Vice President Dick Cheney passed away on Tuesday at the age of 84.

Between 2001 until 2009, Cheney served as the 46th vice president under Republican President George W. Bush for two terms.

The family’s statement, which was reported by US media, stated that the former congressman and defense secretary “died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.”

“Dick Cheney served our country for decades, serving as Vice President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, Wyoming Congressman, and White House Chief of Staff,” it said.
Cheney, a Machiavellian personality with significant influence behind the scenes, is regarded as one of the most potent vice presidents in US history.
Cheney was born on January 30, 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and spent most of his childhood in Wyoming, a sparsely populated western state.

He attended Yale University but left the esteemed East Coast institution to pursue a degree in political science at the University of Wyoming back home.

Compared to the majority of his predecessors in the position, Cheney carried his neo-conservative philosophy to the White House and had a bigger say in important policy decisions.